City Councillor says young need to be kept away from crime

Thursday 17 July 2014

A Limerick City Councillor says Roy Collins and his family played an important role in preventing young people from taking up a life a crime.

Youth worker Frankie Daly says projects like the Ballynanty Garda Youth Diversion Project and the Moyross Céim ar Chéim are vital in supporting young people who are at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs.

He's welcoming the guilty verdicts this week for Wayne Dundon and Nathan Killeen for the murder of Roy Collins in April 2009.

Cllr Daly says the kind of community spirit displayed by Roy and his family helps keep young people on the right path...